December 2011
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The Farewell Post
“Times change, and we change with them.”
I found this quote on Wikipedia while looking through Latin phrases for my tattoo after I get out of basic training. In Latin it reads, “Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis”. I like the English version a lot and there is a good chance I am going to use it in my tattoo. I think it sums up being human very well, and in...
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The Overarching Plan
I would consider my younger self a dreamer. I always envisioned things as they could be and asked why not? As I grew older I realized the answer to that question - because reality f’n said so. Reality doesn’t care about your plans or expectations or dreams or aspirations. Reality follows its own rules and doesn’t listen to what a human being’s mind whispers at night....
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Anticipating 2012
2012 is going to be a big year for the great Crate. There is a lot that I know is going to happen and there is a lot I hope is going to happen. There are goals that will only begin to take shape in 2012 and there are goals that if I apply myself can be completed by year’s end. My theme for next year is going to be expansion - the expansion of inner and outer self, social understanding, and...
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2011 in Retrospect
2011 has been an interesting year. It has been one of personal, social, and career development. As always I feel there is much more I could have accomplished - perhaps next year after I am in the military I will be able to feel more fulfilled. As it stands now I feel there is much wasted time but, for once, I feel it is the last time I have to waste. This blog has existed once (or twice) before,...
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Red Fish (Part 2 of 2)
From inside her confinement it was difficult for Koachi to tell time. Her fellow prisoners were not very good company and Marvin talked excessively while he worked. Often his topics were inane and he made it a point to call her Flippy when he saw her, something that drove her crazy. The Captain came and went but always found time at least once a day to spend with his pets. Out of everyone she was...
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Red Fish (Part 1 of 2)
Fall had come to the country of Brevia, marked by the changing colors of the leaves and the sudden drop in temperature, a welcome relief from the summer heat. Koachi was one of hundreds of red fish migrating up the Vengo River as part of their yearly journey to the Elder Grounds. She had just laid her first batch of eggs, having turned into an adult only a short month ago, and now her future...
November 2011
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“When you are born you put on a costume, and when you die you go backstage.”
– Adam Crate
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We’ll go back to those that got left behind
With smiles and high hopes we’ll give them more time
So they have a chance to plant some new trees
Which will one day grow into memories
Some would consider this whole life a joke
Not realizing even the rich man is broke
The poor man is king, the average are strong
Those that move forward know we all belong
-Written by Adam Crate
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Reaching Higher
Every eternal soul in the nether is born a voddi. These are small, disgusting creatures who live so close to the planet’s core they are constantly subjected to intense heat and pressure. Their rubbery black skin swells, expands, and sags. Often it is seen dragging on the ground behind them. Their eyes are beady and red, almost the size of pinpricks on their bulbous heads; an unnecessary...
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Separating Matter From Consciousness
Human beings seem to stand on their own in this universe. We are simultaneously the animal and the divine, the reaction and the creation, the fool and the thinker, playing every part we have available without fully understanding the scene we are displaying. Our entire species seems to be driven by some force that is not visible to the human eye. It is a grand orchestra that echoes through time and...
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Fish Ladders →
I think it is adorable we have ladders built next to man-made obstructions so fish can continue their migration upstream. When I post my next short story it will be clear how I stumbled upon fish ladders on Wikipedia.